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 UNITED KINGDOM

King: Charles III. · Prime Minister: Keir Starmer (LAB) · Governing party: LAB
Legislative elections: House of Commons, 5-year term, 650 seats, FPTP:

    2024 2019 2017 2015
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Labour Party (LAB)  
  
Social democracy        33,7 412 32,1 203 40,0 262 30,4 232
Conservative and Unionist Party (CON)
  
Conservatism
Economic liberalism

Euroscepticism
23,7 121 43,6 365 42,4 318 36,9 331
Reform UK (REFORM)
(a)
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
14,3 5 2,0 - - - - -
Liberal Democrats (LD)  
 
Liberalism
Social liberalism
12,2 72 11,5 11 7,4 12 7,9 8
Green Party (GP)  
 
Green politics 6,7 4 2,7 1 1,6 1 3,8 1
Scottish National Party (SNP)  
 
Separatism
Social democracy
2,5 9 3,9 48 3,0 35 4,7 56
Sinn Féin (SF)  
  
United Ireland
Democratic socialism      
0,7 7 0,6 7 0,7 7 0,6 4
Plaid Cymru (PC)  
   
Separatism
Social democracy
0,7 4 0,5 4 0,5 4 0,6 3
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
  
Unionism
National conservatism

Social conservatism
0,6 5 0,8 8 0,9 10 0,6 8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
 
Liberalism  0,4 1 0,4 1 0,2 - 0,2 -
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)  
  
United Ireland
Social democracy
0,3 2 0,4 2 0,3 - 0,3 3
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)
  
Unionism
Conservatism
0,3 1 0,3 - 0,3 - 0,4 2
Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV)
 
Unionism
Loyalism
Social conservatism
0,2 1 - - 0,0 - 0,1 -
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
   
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
0,0 - 0,1 - 1,8 - 12,6 1
Independents 3,7 6 1,1 1 0,9 1 1,0 1
Others - - - -
Total - 650 - 650 - 650 - 650
Turnout 60,0 67,3 68,7 66,1

© 2024 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BBC (www.bbc.com).  For full coverage, click here (1945-present). Note: (a) 2019: The Brexit Party (BREXIT PARTY).